Hi, I have a non-typical use case where I need to free up over 20 GB's of space on a server, all taken up by approx 100k mail messages in a given email account (IMAP),
Step 0) What I have done so far is to Pull from Master (remote) to Slave (local) all of the emails. So I have them locally. Please see Step 0 in my config posted below. Step 1) I now need to delete from the server ALL of these emails from the Master--as of today; in order to create an extra 20 GB's of available storage space. * Bulk deleting 100k email messages: I do not think it is a good idea for me to try to use mbsync to delete these on Master. But perhaps it is the best way? What I plan to do, unless someone here has a better idea. is to SSH into server and just use "rm -f *" inside of "Inbox/cur" for the email account (Master). I am not sure how mbsync will then "see" these changes. It seems to depend on the value set for "Sync" inside config file. Step 2) Once all emails have been deleted from Master, as of tomorrow, start again syncing with mbsync in such a way that a) no local emails pulled from Master (in Step 0 above) but then deleted from server (Step1) ever get removed (marked as deleted or even worse, expunged) from Slave (or local). Additionally, all new emails received on Master from tomorrow (after the deletion in Step1) should again sync "normally" especially if I delete one manually with a regular IMAP4 MUA (which would not be using the local cache of emails since I have to read emails from various locations) and which would need to be deleted in Slave (local). Config used for Step 0, then no idea for Step 1 (but will probably use a different method unless suggested I still use mbsync for bul deletion) and what I have tested for Step 2). I am really not sure the Step 2 config best suita my objective.... Any help, feedback would be appreciated. # -------------------------------- IMAPAccount example Host mail.domain.com User exam...@domain.com Pass "*****************" SSLType IMAPS CertificateFile ~/mail.domain.com.pem IMAPStore example-remote Account example MaildirStore example-local Path /mail/domain/mbexam...@domain.com/ Inbox /mail/domain/mbexam...@domain.com/Inbox Flatten . Channel example Master :example-remote: Slave :example-local: Patterns * # Step 0 (this has already completed, I believe successfully, I seem to have the mails and be able to read them using Mutt.) Create Slave Expunge Slave Sync Pull # Step 1 - delete 100k emails; not sure how will do this # Step 2 # Create Slave # Expunge None # Sync PullNew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ isync-devel mailing list isync-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/isync-devel
